Friday February 9th Drew pretty diligently till lunch. Mrs Gordon & her two boys came a little before lunch & spent the day here, Harry is at X’s hospital for Papas presentation & a very nice boy. H & me took then a walk to see the suspension bridge & came home thro’ Hammersmith stopping at Mrs Hombridge for the valentines & at a shop where we got some famous coloured pictures for the boys & came home. At tea when Papa came in he Opening of Hammersmith Bridge, 1827, artist: Arthur Mee Picture credit: London Metropolitan Archives Click on image to enlarge        Notes A group of local people (including Jessy's father) proposed a new bridge at Hammersmith as an alternative to detour across Kew or Putney bridges. The construction of the bridge was sanctioned by an Act of Parliament in 1824. Work began on site the following year, and was opened on 6 October 1827. Construction of the bridge cost some £80,000 (equivalent to £7.1 million in 2019). It was operated as a toll bridge, with the toll house located at the Hammersmith end of the bridge. Wikipedia